It had been a long time since Stella went to a shopping mall. But she never had nothing new to wear,
because Clarence would regularly order someone to swap out her clothes in the closet with new ones
and got her clothes with the latest fashion trend.
That was why she didn’t shop for herself too often unless it was something she really liked. She would
normally buy stuff for him instead.
Sherry sneered at what she heard, “You are telling me this on purpose to make me angry, aren’t you?”
Stella laughed upon hearing her, “Oh right, isn’t your birthday coming up in 2 weeks? What do you
want? I’ll buy you anything.”
“I want a boyfriend.”
Stella was speechless.
She said seriously, “Forget that I asked.”
Stella sat on the sofa and looked outside, they were many couples hand in hand. She sighed, “Why
does it seem so easy for other people to date? Did I do something wrong to the god of love? I’ve only
met fuckboys and none of them is normal.”
She then said, “And my mom is absurd. She kept phoning me recently and wanted me to go on
arranged marriage interviews.”
Stella was shocked, “Arranged marriage interviews?”
“Yeah, she said it’s her classmate’s son or whatsoever. He is working at state company, has a stable
job and is an honest person. His parents’ background is known through and through, so he won’t be an
asshole like Liam.”
“So, are you going?”
Stella sighed again, “I don’t want to. But my mom said if I don’t go, I don’t welcome at home anymore.”
She paused briefly and said, “But well, this person is suitable for marriage. You rest assure and lead a
stable life, but I… I don’t want marriage to be like a business, I don’t want marriage without love. I might
as well find a roommate.”
Stella nodded, “Well, your mother is just worried about you. Try to talk to her nicely when you get
home.”
“I don’t want to talk about it anymore. My head hurts every time she nags. I’ll just go on the weekend
and come up with an excuse to reject him. That way I can tell my mom that I’ve tried.”
“That sounds good too.”
They walked for a while and Stella’s phone rang. It was Daniel. She walked to the side to answer the
call.
Daniel’s voice could be heard, “Ms. Radomil, the autopsy report is out.”
Stella gripped her phone subconsciously, “What does it say?”
“I’m not sure about the details. I need you to come with me, Ms. Radomil. When we’re there, the
forensics will tell us more,” said Daniel, “Where are you? I’ll come to get you.”
Stella said, “Send me the address. I’m outside, I’ll head over on my own.”
Daniel replied, “Okay.”
Daniel sent her the address soon after they hung up their call.
Stella put away her phone and walked towards Sherry, “Sherry, something came up. I need to go
somewhere.”
Sherry was drinking her milk tea, she asked, “What happened?”
Stella pursed her lips, “My mother’s autopsy report is out.”
Sherry stood up suddenly, “Should I come with you?”
“Yeah, well… Daniel is there too, do you still want to come with me?”
Sherry remained quiet for a bit and laughed dryly, “Yup, I’ll go with you. I’m not there to see him
anyways, I’ll just ignore him.”
Sherry was curious about this. Stella would probably faint like last time.
Stella didn’t say anything to reject her, seeing that Sherry was already determined to go. They got in
the car and told the driver the address that Daniel sent her.
The ride lasted around half an hour.
Stella said, “Alisa, wait here for a bit. We’ll be out again soon.”
Alisa nodded, “Yes, madam. Please go attend to your business.”
Daniel was already waiting at the entrance.
Emmett was also there with him.
Stella and Sherry walked over, Emmett asked, “Stella, did you tell Chan?”
“He’s in class, that’s why I didn’t call him. And we don’t know what’s the outcome yet. I’ll… tell him
later.”
In her memory, her mother died giving birth to Chan. But for some reason, many things happened, and
she thought that her mother’s death wasn’t that simple.
That was why, before she knew concrete details about what happened, she shouldn’t say anything to
Chan.
Daniel said, “Let’s go in.”
They got to the appraisal center and someone quickly brought them in. The forensic doctor was already
waiting.
They looked at them and asked, “Are you the person’s family member?”
Stella answered softly, “I am.”
The forensic doctor took out a document, “We found out the cause of death. The victim as died from a
blunt force on the skull.”
Stella was taken aback upon hearing it, she repeated what the doctor said, “Blunt force on the skull?”
The doctor nodded as they placed the document in front of her, “This is the report, you can have a
look.”
Stella frowned as she picked up the document and read it.
The doctor said, “When the victim was sent here, the message we received was that she died from
delivery complications. I checked thoroughly, it was complicated because there were only the bones
left. But I am certain that she didn’t die from delivery complications. There was an obvious wound on
her skull and that was the cause of death.”
Stella lowered her eyes and bit her lips. No one knew what was going through her mind right now.
Daniel took the document from her hand and put it on the table, “So, in other words, she was killed.”
The forensic doctor nodded, “Yes indeed. The blunt force trauma was on the back of the victim’s head.
The victim and the killer were most probably fighting, and she was probably pushed and her head hit
against the wall. She didn’t get sent to the hospital in time and couldn’t be saved in time.”
Even Stella’s eyelashes were trembling. She slowly closed her eyes.
The truth was out, it wasn’t a pregnancy-related death. Jeffrey was lying.
It was him, who killed her mother.
And he hid the body in the wall.
Maybe he was scared, maybe he felt guilty…
He didn’t want people to know; hence he brought her and Chan up by himself.
But after a while, he showed his true colors.
Stella suddenly felt grateful that she and Chan were still alive today, even though they were brought up
by Jeffrey.
Sherry noticed that Stella didn’t look too well, she went up and held her, “Stella, are you okay?”
Stella opened her eyes, shook her head and said, “I’m fine.”
Sherry knew that Stella’s face was much paler than before, she couldn’t be fine. Sherry looked at the
forensic doctor and said, “Is there anything else we need to do? Otherwise, we will take our leave.”
The doctor took out an inspection checklist and said, “Just sign here and you can go.”
Stella took the pen and signed her name.
Emmett said, “Leave the rest to me, Stella. Go home and rest.”
Stella put down the pen and said, “Don’t worry, I don’t have any memories of my mother. But…”
She was sobbing, she calmed herself down and continued saying, “I wanted to send her off for her final
journey.”
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